On April 6, the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) ordered the three-day closure of all compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in Sindh.
According to a statement from the gas company, all CNG stations will remain closed for 72 hours, starting at 8 AM on Friday and ending at 8 AM on Monday.
The CNG stations were closed in the province to address the gas shortage in the country and as a part of the gas load management plan.
“Due to the short supply of gas in the SSGCL system, the availability of gas has diminished, resulting in line pack depletion and low pressure in the system,” according to the statement.
“All CNG stations in Sindh (including those using RLNG) would stay closed in accordance with the current sectoral priority order for gas load management”.
It is worth noting that CNG dealers had reopened their business on February 14 after a two-and-a-half-month hiatus. Following the gas load management plan, gas supplies to the CNG sector were suspended from December 1, 2021, to February 15, 2022.
The unavailability of CNG multiplied the problems of the common man as the masses were forced to top their automobiles up with Petrol, which nearly touched Rs160 during that period.
